Horizontally Launched Projectiles Interactive Simulation | Physics | Grades 9–12

Horizontally Launched Projectiles Interactive Simulation is an interactive simulation activity for high school Physics (grades 9–12) on Horizontally Launched Projectiles.

Pairs with: Horizontally Launched Projectiles Slide Show Presentation; Horizontally Launched Projectiles Guided Notes; Horizontally Launched Projectiles Lesson Quiz; Horizontally Launched Projectiles Unit Test.

Sections: Interactive Simulation - Horizontally Launched Projectiles; Instructions; Driving Question; Objective; Background; Materials; Simulation Protocol; Data Collection. Sample item: “Can a team predict each landing mark from the height alone, write the prediction down first, and land its ball inside its own predicted range at three heights?”

What's inside: Interactive Simulation (editable .docx + PDF, about 1,163 words, 6 pages); answer key / model answers for the teacher.

Standards: HS-PS2-1 — Analyze data to support the claim that Newton’s second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass, and its acceleration.

Resource type: Interactive Simulation. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.

Classroom use: Students work through the simulation to model the chapter concepts hands-on. Built for high school Physics, grades 9–12.

Format note: These files are delivered in Microsoft Office formats (Word and/or PowerPoint). If you open a worksheet that includes tables in Apple Pages or another non-Microsoft app, table formatting may not display correctly. For best results, use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (or upload the file to Google Docs). If you run into any formatting issues, contact us and we can send a PDF version.